Last June, twelve young Thai soccer players and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave for nine days. Heavy rains kept rescuers out and sealed the boys in. When two British cave divers finally found the boys, the world breathed a sigh of relief. But how would they get the boys out? Marc Aronson details this gripping story in his new book, Rising Water: The Story of The Thai Cave Rescue. On this episode, he recounts the events in vivid details and explains the difficult process of writing the book.

Lance Ulanoff talks about the latest gadgets and news from the world of consumer electronics. Lance is a veteran journalist who writes a regular tech column for Medium.com. He also makes frequent appearances as a 'techspert' on Live with Kelly and Ryan and the Today Show. A former Editor-at-Large of Mashable, Lance also served as Editor in Chief of PCMag.com. On the show, we rage against spam calls and 3D and celebrate rumbas and Air Pods. Plus. Lance predicts what our world could look like in 20 years.

When Claire Hoffman was in kindergarten, her family moved from NYC to a meditation community in Iowa. Hoffman’s fascinating memoir, Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood, recounts her unusual upbringing. Her story resonates with me because I also grew up in a spiritual group. On the podcast, we compare notes – why people join cults, the promise and the danger of Utopian communities, and the complex feelings many children of spiritual communities have to confront.

Benjamin Dreyer is Copy Chief at Random House and author of the new bestselling book, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style. If you have a question about grammar, he's your guy. On the podcast, he drops his knowledge about the words and sentences you should avoid, the classic grammar rules you should ignore, the proper use of pronouns, adverbs, which, that, as well as, and more! He also recommends avoiding the exclamation point. Oh, well.

Katherine Rosman knows her way around a great story. As a staff writer for the New York Times Style section and, previously, the Wall Street Journal, she pens fascinating and often funny pieces about culture and the media. On this episode, she takes us through the lifespan of two recent stories that lit up the internet. She also speaks openly about her thoughts on writing (not a fan), her obsessive reporting habits (fan), and how even someone with her credentials struggles with impostor syndrome.

Patrick Burleigh joins the show to talk about his viral story for New York Magazine and Epic.com entitled, "A Four Year Old Trapped in a Teenager's Body." The moving and funny personal essay recounts his childhood living with a rare genetic mutation called testotoxicosis, which caused him to go through puberty -- muscle development, body hair, hormonal sex drive -- at a very early age. Burleigh is now an LA-based actor and writer, known for Ping-Pong Diplomacy and Ant-Man and the Wasp.

As editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, host of two popular business podcasts, public speaker, and novelist, Jason Feifer not only talks a good game—he plays it. He's always dreaming up new ideas and executing them, while simultaneously working a full-time job. Along the way, Jason's become a sought-after thought leader in entrepreneurship. On the pod, we talk about how to "work your next job," manage your time, find your writing "voice," master public speaking, and become a thought leader yourself.

On this episode, the interviewer becomes the interviewee, as I sit down for my first (and probably last) appearance as a guest on my own show. The interview originally aired on the I Love Success Podcast where the host, Peter Jumrukovski, grilled me on a number of topics, including how I got my start as a writer, how to find your passion, and what it means to be successful. Plus, he managed to extract confessions of my secret past as an aspiring hip hop DJ.

In their bestseller, Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith describe a future world of space elevators, brain-computer interfaces, and asteroid mining, in a way that's accessible and funny. They bring that same humor to the pod. Kelly is an adjunct assistant professor at Rice University. Zach is a cartoonist best known for Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. On the pod, they talk about future tech that sounds super cool and slightly scary.

Nathaniel Philbrick is a scholar, sailor, and master storyteller. He's the author of 11 books, including In the Heart of the Sea (which was adapted into a movie and Mayflower (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). On the show, he talks about his latest, In the Hurricane’s Eye. Philbrick uncovers surprising facts about the final years of the Revolutionary War. He also shares his fascinating origin story and confesses to having the same fears and self-doubt about writing that we all have. You're not alon